03.06.2025 09:20
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has completed the indictment in the investigation initiated due to allegations of irregularities at the 38th Ordinary Congress of the CHP. In the prepared indictment, a prison sentence of up to 3 years is sought for 12 individuals, including İmamoğlu. The indictment has been accepted by the Ankara 26th Criminal Court of First Instance.
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In the 38th Ordinary Congress of the CHP, the indictment prepared regarding the allegations of "vote buying for money" was accepted by the Ankara 26th Criminal Court for 12 suspects, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from his position as the Mayor of Istanbul after being arrested as part of a corruption investigation, İzmir Metropolitan Mayor Cemil Tugay, and CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik, with a request for up to 3 years in prison.
KILIÇDAROĞLU APPEARED AS A VICTIM
The investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the CHP's 38th Ordinary Congress held on November 4-5, 2023, was completed, and an indictment was prepared in accordance with Article 112 of the Political Parties Law and other relevant legal provisions. In the indictment, former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was designated as a victim, and former Hatay Metropolitan Mayor Lütfü Savaş was designated as a complainant.
12 PEOPLE, INCLUDING İMAMOĞLU, ARE FACING IMPRISONMENT
The indictment requested prison sentences of 1 to 3 years for Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from his position as the Mayor of Istanbul after being arrested as part of a corruption investigation, İzmir Metropolitan Mayor Cemil Tugay, CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik, and others including Baki Aydöner, Erkan Aydın, Hüseyin Yaşar, Mehmet Kılınçaslan, Metin Güzelkaya, Özgen Nama, Özgür Çelik, Rıza Akpolat, and Serhat Can Eş for the crime of "manipulating the vote" as stated in Article 112 of the Political Parties Law.
"ACTION WAS TAKEN UNDER İMAMOĞLU'S ORGANIZATION"
The indictment stated that Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from his position as the Mayor of Istanbul after being arrested as part of a corruption investigation, served as the "Chairman of the Council" at the party's 38th Ordinary Congress, and that other suspects acted in participation under İmamoğlu's organization.
The indictment indicated that the suspects acted together to commit the alleged crime, and included the following statements:
"At the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi 38th Ordinary Congress held at the Ankara Sports Hall on November 4-5, 2023, some of the congress delegates who voted were given money to vote in favor of the presidential candidate Özgür Özel; some delegates were offered and promised candidacies for mayorship and municipal council membership in various provinces and districts, some delegates and their relatives were placed in jobs in CHP municipalities and their affiliated companies and enterprises, and many market shopping cards were distributed to some delegates and their relatives. They requested that the delegates who voted in the congress send them photos of their votes taken with their mobile phones, and they made false statements regarding Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's withdrawal from candidacy by delaying the transition to the second round of voting after the first round results in the congress hall. In this way, it was stated that they acted to corrupt the will of the congress delegates and to facilitate the election of the presidential candidate Özgür Özel.
In the Chief Public Prosecutor's indictment, it was noted that during the congress process and afterwards, on some social media accounts and in certain written and visual media outlets, it was claimed that some benefits were provided and certain promises were made to delegates supporting Kılıçdaroğlu to support Özel, and these allegations were raised by party members.
It was reported in the indictment that an investigation was also conducted against some members of parliament regarding these allegations, and that this investigation was separated from the current file.
The suspects listed in the indictment were Baki Aydöner, Cemil Tugay, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Erkan Aydın, Hüseyin Yaşar, Mehmet Kılınçarslan, Metin Güzelkaya, Nihat Yeşiltaş, Özgen Nama, Özgür Çelik, Rıza Akpolat, and Serhat Can Eş.
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